Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-30

maniacs, who fight with the despera-
| tio1 of despair against an enemy who can
only be driven from the battlefield by a
gale of wind. Every window is thrown
wide open; towels, hsndkerchiefs, shawls
ana coats are frantically waived against
the INVADERS battalions, but 10 no puT-
pose, until the engineer has received
| his signal to start and the train has at
tanned speed of ct least thirty miles an
hour against mead wind. The Texas
mosquito is slayer; he is / glutton; he
never knows when he has had enough of
blood or fighting; he is bore more effec-
tive than the diamond drill, more deadly
than the inter state commerce specialist.
Yet he has rival. The rival dweIls in
Southeast Missouri, where game, swsmps,
miasma and "shakes" abound. The Mis-
souri, mosquito has bill like stiletto,
but longer and more inCisive. He is long
limbed and,lsnk, Ike the native, and vel
comes desth with grin, apparently salts
fed that no hereafter could contain more
miserable state of existence than South
eastern Missouri. Not long ago hunt
ing party pitched its camp there after
hard days work. 1t soon discovered
that harder nights work was ia pros
them in solid layers. Each member of
the party covered face, neck and hands
with turpentine, and stood the smoke of
an immense fire that had been built as
protection against the enemy. As they
stood inhaling smoke and mosquitoes
two natives hove in sight.
One of the hunters iokinglv offered
him bottle of whisky if he would take
niG shirt nR and 10
where the mosquitoes were knee deep for
thirty minutes. The man looked at his
wife. She nodded. He stripped and lay
down on the ground back up. The mos
Qultoe settled upon his bare back and hid
iU from sight. The hunters forgot their
stings in gazing at the astonishing spec
tacle For fifteen minutes the man never
stirred. The hunters began to believe
his skin was sensitive to nothing. To
satisfy themselves one of the hunters
OF bark and carefully dropped them on
the mans back between the shoulder
blades.
zone, two, three seconds passed and
the man showed no signs of life Then a |
slight sizzling sound was heard aud the |
smell Of the wood fire was overcome by q |
'hOAN Puh@SuJ JUL nc Iudu llllCu HIS I
head and looked backward. He saw q |
small curl of smoke rising from his back. |
He arose with deli5erstion, shook him !
self, and put on his butternut shirt. Il !
was supposed from his manner that
mis- senses Of right and not his
skin was injured. This proved to be the
case He had agreed, he explained, in
MS frightful vernacular, to ''buck agin'
'keeters and not gallinippers" He
;hristened the hot Goals "gallinipDers. :"
He was walking away in belief mat he
hadn't fulfilled his contract, when ne was
presented with a bottle of whisky. He
ooked at it with longing eyes and then
stole a stealthy glance st his wife She /
cached out her hand He gave her the
bottle. She pulled the cork out with
Ter teeth and took a drink She held
he bottle while her lord took q sWal-
CIV, and then recording the bottle put it Il
lnder her arm and resumed her msrch.
The man who had no respect for mos
uitoes followed meekIy.
In the opinion OF g man who has in
always against his will. the ,
of about thirty states and
to say nothing of the neigh .
oring dominion, it is e close call be-
Teen the Missourian and Texan varie-
es, and that in comparison to either the
ersey mosquito is thing TO be cherished
S balm for SleepleSsness.